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Dive Watches

Created for diving professionals, dive watches boast high water resistance, highly legible dials and help tell divers how long they’ve been submerged for via a rotational bezel. They’re loved for their distinctive and robust design, making them one of the most popular watch genres around.

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  1. Rolex Rolex
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  6. Breitling Breitling
  7. IWC IWC
  8. Tudor Tudor
  9. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
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  11. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  12. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
  13. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
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  5. Blancpain Blancpain
  6. Breguet Breguet
  7. Breitling Breitling
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  14. Eterna Eterna
  15. Franck Muller Franck Muller
  16. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
  17. Girard Perregaux Girard Perregaux
  18. Glashutte Original Glashutte Original
  19. Grand Seiko Grand Seiko
  20. Hamilton Hamilton
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  25. Jaquet Droz Jaquet Droz
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  28. Montblanc Montblanc
  29. Omega Omega
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  32. Parmigiani Parmigiani
  33. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
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  35. Porsche Design Porsche Design
  36. Rado Rado
  37. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  38. Rolex Rolex
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  40. Tudor Tudor
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  42. Union Glashutte Union Glashutte
  43. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  44. Zenith Zenith
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The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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A mechanical watch is powered by a spring. Manual mechanical watches must be hand wound. Automatic watches are also mechanical, and are wound by a weight that spins with the wearer's movements. A quartz watch is battery powered and extremely accurate.
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IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388108 437378
New Price

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388108

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€6,185
Rolex GMT Master II 126710 BLRO 432354
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
GMT Master II
126710 BLRO

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€21,710
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81005-11-131-11A 437587
New Price

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81005-11-131-11A

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€11,005
Rolex Explorer 124270 430657
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Explorer
124270

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€7,435
Rolex Explorer 124270 437586
New Price

Rolex
Explorer
124270

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€7,965
Rolex Explorer II 226570 437030
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Explorer II
226570

Box
Papers
Year 2024
€10,030
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 134300 438937
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual 41
134300

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€9,435
Breitling Avenger Hurricane XB0180 427507

Breitling
Avenger Hurricane
XB0180

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€4,925
Breitling Super Avenger A13375 438481
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Breitling
Super Avenger
A13375

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€3,245
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600 437349
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€12,035
Rolex Submariner 126613 LN 426457
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
126613 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€15,105
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030B-0001 426704
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030B-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€3,480
Tudor Black Bay Pro M79470-0001 437373
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay Pro
M79470-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€3,480
Rolex Submariner 16610 439240
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Rolex
Submariner
16610

Box
Papers
Year 2006
€9,940
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79360N-0024 437826
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79360N-0024

Box
Papers
Year 2026
€9,085
Breitling Transocean A45310 398067

Breitling
Transocean
A45310

Box
Papers
Year 2002
€3,475
Tudor Black Bay GMT M79830RB-0001 427961
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay GMT
M79830RB-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€3,275
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 438462
New Price

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€24,720
Rolex Datejust 41 126300 425810
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Datejust 41
126300

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€9,735
Rolex Datejust 126200 438704
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Datejust
126200

Box
Papers
Year 2024
€8,555
Breitling Super AVI AB0445 437835
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Breitling
Super AVI
AB0445

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€6,195
Breitling SuperOcean Automatic 42 A17375 415407
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
SuperOcean Automatic 42
A17375

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€4,130
Maurice Lacroix Aikon AI1108-SS002-431-1 437832
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Maurice Lacroix
Aikon
AI1108-SS002-431-1

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€880
Omega Constellation 123.15.24.60.55.006 437602
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Omega
Constellation
123.15.24.60.55.006

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€3,835
Rolex Datejust 41 126331 439208
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Datejust 41
126331

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€16,400
Rolex GMT Master II 126713 GRNR 439206
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
GMT Master II
126713 GRNR

Box
Papers
Year 2024
€20,000
Cartier Pasha W31077U2 439205
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Cartier
Pasha
W31077U2

Box
Papers
Year 2002
€3,480
Rolex Submariner 126613 LN 439203
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
126613 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€14,925
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126603 439202
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126603

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€15,810
Rolex Yacht-Master 116622 439201
New Price

Rolex
Yacht-Master
116622

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€11,330
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 439200
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2011
€7,200
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00392 439188
New Price

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00392

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€5,015
Panerai Radiomir Automatic PAM00062 439186
New Price

Panerai
Radiomir Automatic
PAM00062

Box
Papers
Year 2002
€9,735
Chanel J12 H0685 439184
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Chanel
J12
H0685

Box
Papers
Year 2003
€3,480
Rolex Explorer II 226570 439183
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Explorer II
226570

Box
Papers
Year 2024
€10,030
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79360N-0002 439181
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79360N-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€4,195
Cartier Pasha W31074M7 439180
New Price

Cartier
Pasha
W31074M7

Box
Papers
Year 2005
€2,830
Tag Heuer Carrera CBN2A1F.FC6492 437376
New Price

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CBN2A1F.FC6492

Box
Papers
Year 2024
€4,305
Tudor Pelagos FXD M25707B/23-0001 437374
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Pelagos FXD
M25707B/23-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€3,420
IWC Aquatimer IW376806 429483

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376806

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€5,485
Breitling Bentley Flying B No 3 A16362 428989

Breitling
Bentley Flying B No 3
A16362

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€3,275
Breitling Chronomat B01 42 AB0134 426466

Breitling
Chronomat B01 42
AB0134

Box
Papers
Year 2025
€6,195

Dive Watches

History

The dive watch, a symbol of adventure and resilience, has a rich and exciting history that stretches back to 1927 when Rolex launched its Oyster model. This innovative watch, with its screw-down case and crown, is considered the first fully water-resistant wristwatch.

Famously, it was worn that year by a young swimmer called Mercedes Gleitz who was the first woman to swim the English Channel. To advertise the feat—and the capabilities of its latest watch—Rolex bought the front page of the most widely read British newspaper of the time, the Daily Mail.

Rolex went on to supply movements to Panerai, who developed the dive watch further with the specialist timepieces they made for the frogmen of the Italian navy in the late 1930s. These early dive watches had a water resistance of 30 metres—unimpressive by today’s standards which requires a dive watch to have a minimum water resistance of 100 metres.

By the mid-1950s, scuba-diving was a popular worldwide pastime due to the invention of the aqualung a decade earlier. This led to a spate of similar-looking dive watches like Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms, which featured the first rotating bezel—enabling divers to accurately measure immersion time—and the Rolex Submariner. Both these watches were water-resistant to 100 metres, while the Zodiac Sea Wolf, released shortly afterwards, doubled this to 200 metres.

In the decades since, dive watches have become more and more capable of withstanding extreme water pressure. In 2012, Rolex launched its Deepsea Challenge model which boasted an incredible 12,000 metres water resistance. In the same year it was attached to a submersible that Hollywood director James Cameron piloted to the deepest part of the world’s oceans—the Marianas Trench—to a depth of 10,898 metres, surviving the ordeal unscathed.

Key features

Today, dive watches continue to push boundaries, incorporating advanced technologies and materials such as helium escape valves, luminescent dials, and enhanced water resistance.

What sets dive watches apart from other timepieces? Let's look at what makes a dive watch unique, designed specifically for the rigours of underwater exploration.

Firstly, their exceptional water resistance is critical. Unlike standard watches, dive watches can withstand the extreme conditions of deep-sea diving, with a water resistance rating of at least 100 metres and many capable of depths up to 300 metres or much more.

Additional features of a dive watch include a unidirectional rotating bezel for tracking immersion time, bold luminous markers and hands for good visibility in murky conditions, and a helium escape valve to prevent damage during decompression. Most dive watches don’t have the latter as they are only of use in saturation diving when a diver spends time in a decompression chamber.

Some diving watches even incorporate helium-filled cases and built-in depth gauges, allowing divers to monitor their current depth without the need for additional equipment. These features make dive watches a useful tool for underwater exploration, although in an age of wearable dive computers they are more often now used as a back-up option.

One thing every mechanical dive watch must have is a constantly running seconds hand, or some kind of display indicating the watch is running that can be viewed in total darkness.

The science of water Resistance in dive watches

Water resistance is a vital feature of a dive watch. Special seals and gaskets prevent water infiltration, while robust materials like stainless steel or titanium ensure durability and resistance to corrosion. Rigorous testing verifies a dive watch's ability to withstand different pressures and temperatures, simulating the conditions encountered underwater.

Water resistance is measured in metres or bar units, indicating the depth to which the watch can be submerged safely. It's worth noting that factors such as water temperature and movement can affect a diving watch's performance underwater.

Popular dive watch models

The Rolex Submariner is a classic choice, renowned for its robustness and precision, and capable of withstanding depths of up to 300 metres. It was famously worn by James Bond until the 1990s when he swapped one dive watch for another: the equally iconic Omega Seamaster.

Other enduring models that are as timeless as they are stylish include the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Breitling Superocean, Panerai Luminor and IWC Aquatimer. Fellow Swiss brands Tudor and TAG Heuer offer more affordable choices like the Black Bay and Aquaracer, respectively.

At Watchfinder, we offer a vast selection of pre-owned luxury dive watches from all of the aforementioned brands, from Rolex to IWC, catering to every budget and taste. Explore our collection and discover the exceptional craftsmanship and performance of these remarkable watches.

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